1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:09,000 Welcome to NECF. We're thrilled you're here. Make sure to stay with us till the end, 2 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:15,320 where we will share some great resources to deepen your faith. Now, let's dive into this 3 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:21,280 week's sermon. 4 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:29,060 So James chapter 1 now, verse 22, but be ye doers of the word, and not hear us only deceiving 5 00:00:29,060 --> 00:00:35,040 your own selves. For if any man be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto 6 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:41,320 a man beholding his natural face in a glass. The words that we've been dropping, most especially 7 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:46,640 the one Christy dropped, because one of the things I just perceive more in my heart, right, 8 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:51,560 is direction. People are receiving direction. People are receiving direction. People are 9 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:58,760 receiving direction, direction on what to do, on what to do. I perceive that strongly 10 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:07,640 in my heart right now, that people are receiving direction. You are not confused. Oh my, God 11 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:14,280 is mindful of you. God is mindful of you. Even the step that you're taking, don't be 12 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:20,640 afraid to take it. God is mindful of you. The direction is within you. You see, I will 13 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:26,920 teach you in the way you should go. The leading of the Lord is in the believer. Hallelujah. 14 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:30,920 The leading of the Lord is in the believer. He's not outside the believer. The leading 15 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:36,640 of the Holy Ghost is within you. Just pay attention. Pay attention. Do not allow fear. 16 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:44,000 Do not allow worry. Do not allow anxiety to overwhelm you. For you will see and hear a 17 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:50,800 quiet still voice saying, this is the way you should walk daring. God is bringing and 18 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:59,400 has brought direction to us. Hallelujah. His leading is with us. 24, for he beholden himself 19 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:07,960 and going his way and straight away forgetten what manner of man he was. 25. But whosoever 20 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:14,240 looks at him, he shall looketh into the perfect law of liberty and continue daring. He being 21 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:22,880 not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. Hallelujah. 22 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:30,240 Praise God. And on Sunday, we started by saying the word of God is God breathed. It's inspired 23 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:37,680 by his spirit. And when we say the word on Sunday, we now accept that that word is logos. 24 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:47,400 It's the utterances, the sayings of God, inspired by his spirit. The teachings, the doctrines, 25 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:55,160 the message, not general message but a particular message. And that particular message is about 26 00:02:55,160 --> 00:03:05,040 Christ. His debt, his barrier, and his resurrection. Hallelujah. He said all that is written according 27 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:14,400 to the scriptures. We read 2 Timothy chapter 3 from verse 14 to 16, Romans chapter 16, 28 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:25,120 verse 24 to 26, Luke 24, verse 25 to 26. We read Hebrews chapter 1, verse 1 to 2, right? 29 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:32,120 We read 1 Peter, 2 Peter chapter 1, verse 20 to 21, 1 Corinthians chapter 15, verse 30 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:38,920 3 to 5. But before we continue, let's read 1 Corinthians chapter 15. 1 Corinthians chapter 31 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:47,960 15. Be a hearer and doer of the word. 1 Corinthians chapter 15 from verse 3. He said, for I deliver 32 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:53,680 unto you first. Can we just go from verse 1, please? Can we just go verse 1? Moreover, 33 00:03:53,680 --> 00:04:01,720 brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also you have received 34 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:09,720 and wherein you are, you stand. Hallelujah. So the gospel that you have heard, that got 35 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:16,280 you saved, that gospel that you have received, is that gospel that you shall stand in, verse 36 00:04:16,280 --> 00:04:23,120 2, by which also ye are saved. Can you see? The gospel you hear is the gospel that saved 37 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:30,680 you. Hallelujah. He says something here. He said, but if ye keep in memory what I preach 38 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:38,680 unto you, unless you believe in what? Unless you believe in vain. For some versions, that 39 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:46,680 place keep in memory, he said, hold fast to the gospel. Hallelujah. He said, hold fast 40 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:54,600 to the gospel and continue in it, except you have believed in vain. So the hearing of the 41 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:59,880 message of the gospel that you have received is not only for you to hear it, but it's for 42 00:04:59,880 --> 00:05:07,880 you to do what? To hold fast unto it and continue in it. So I deliver unto you first of all, 43 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:16,720 he wants to now go in detail to them, which I also received. How that Christ, you see, 44 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:20,600 Paul will say that this same gospel that he's saying that I preach to you that you have 45 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:28,600 received, I also have done what? I also received it. I also was taught. I also heard about 46 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:38,080 it and I also have held fast unto it. And also I'm standing in the same gospel because 47 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:44,880 I have not believed in vain. Likewise, you also hold fast unto it, except you have what? 48 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:51,920 Believed in vain. He said, which also I have what we see how that Christ died for our sins 49 00:05:51,920 --> 00:05:58,560 according to what? According to the scriptures, and that he was buried and that he rose in 50 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:04,640 again the third day according to what? According to the scriptures and that he was seen of 51 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:10,840 separs, 10 of the 12th, and that he was seen of both 500 of brethren and ones of whom the 52 00:06:10,840 --> 00:06:19,040 greater part remained unto this present for some hour are falling asleep. How Christ died, 53 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:25,920 how Christ was buried, how Christ was raised from the dead according to the scriptures. 54 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:36,840 And we see another evidence of such a statement from Luke 24 about that. Luke 24 verse 25. 55 00:06:36,840 --> 00:06:44,360 And Christ spoke this, he said, O fools and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets 56 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:51,560 have spoken. Hallelujah. Where did the prophets spoke? They spoke from the scriptures. 26 57 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:58,520 he said, what were their speakings? This now Christ is talking about the speakings of the 58 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:05,000 prophets according to the scriptures. He said, ought not Christ to have what? To have suffered 59 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:11,840 these things and to enter into his what? Into his glory. And then now we see it also in 60 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:19,000 verse 44. And he said unto them, these are the words which I speak unto you while I was 61 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:25,600 speaking to you. Yet with you that all things must be fulfilled. What are the all things? 62 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:30,640 All that the prophets have spoken according to the scriptures. The sufferings of Christ. 63 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:36,480 That Christ will die. That Christ will be buried. And Christ will be raised from the 64 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:42,600 dead. He will enter into his glory. Hallelujah. But Christ will not only enter into his glory, 65 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:48,560 but we also are in the glory. Praise God. And then now he said that they must be fulfilled 66 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:54,720 and they are fulfilled now. Which were written in the law of Moses and in the prophets and 67 00:07:54,720 --> 00:08:03,560 in the Psalms concerning concerning who? Concerning me. He was speaking about himself. Then he 68 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:10,640 opened their understanding that they might understand how the scriptures. Hallelujah. 69 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:16,720 That they might understand the speakings of the prophets. And why will he do that? He 70 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:25,440 will do that because of what they were already having in their minds. Because already these 71 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:31,320 people were expecting Jesus to be the one that will come to restore the kingdom back 72 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:39,760 to Israel. To restore them into the place of dominion on the earth over the other nations. 73 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:47,120 And Christ had to open their understanding to the scriptures. And then correct their 74 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:54,640 mindsets. Bring to their mindsets a new knowledge and understanding. That is not a kingdom that 75 00:08:54,640 --> 00:09:00,720 is natural. But a kingdom that is what? That is supernatural. And he said on today verse 76 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:07,440 forty-six. First it is written. And first it behooves Christ to what? To suffer. Hallelujah. 77 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:13,840 And to rise from the dead how? The third day. Just like we read in first Corinthians fifty. 78 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:19,840 And that repentance. So in the midst of all this fulfillment of the scriptures is that 79 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:25,920 at the end of it when Christ is raised from the dead verse forty-seven now that repentance 80 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:32,880 and remission of sins will be what? Will be preached. In whose name? In his name. Among 81 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:39,280 how many nations? Among all nations beginning at where? Jerusalem. And he said something 82 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:46,880 that is profound now that will be a pivot to our teaching. He said and you are witnesses 83 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:55,360 of these things. Hallelujah. You are witnesses of these things. Forty-nine. And behold I 84 00:09:55,360 --> 00:10:01,600 send the promise of my father upon you. But he said but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem 85 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:08,720 until ye be endured with what? With power from on high. So what is Jesus saying here? 86 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:18,560 He said I promise. I promise of the father. I send the promise. I send the promise. He is talking 87 00:10:18,560 --> 00:10:24,880 about the spirit of God. He's talking about the Holy Ghost. The Holy Ghost is going to come to 88 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:30,320 them. But you see before them he has already brought an understanding to them. Before them 89 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:38,880 you are witnesses. Hallelujah. You are witnesses. Every man that comes into Christ is a witness. 90 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:45,840 Every man that comes into Christ that is saved today is what? Is a witness unto Jesus. 91 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:53,120 How did the man become witness? The man has become witness as oh by the partaking of the 92 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:58,560 spirit of God. The indwelling of the spirit of God. And we see him now. Said to them in Acts 93 00:10:58,560 --> 00:11:03,680 chapter one. Everybody Acts chapter one. Acts chapter nine verse eight. He said but you shall 94 00:11:03,680 --> 00:11:12,160 receive power after the Holy Ghost is upon you. And you shall be what? You shall be witnesses 95 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:22,160 unto who? Unto me. Hallelujah. Unto me but in where? In Jerusalem and in all Judea and in Samaria 96 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:30,240 and unto the autumn part of where? Unto the autumn part of the earth. Praise God. Hallelujah. 97 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:38,480 Hallelujah. So we can say this. God's word is inspired by his spirit. And what is the promise 98 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:45,520 God has promised the believer? He said he promised him his spirit. So how do we know that Christ was 99 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:52,720 talking about his spirit is coming to indwell the believer? How do we know? John chapter fourteen. 100 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:58,160 See John chapter fourteen now. And then let's connect from there and then we we see how the 101 00:11:58,160 --> 00:12:04,000 Holy Spirit now is helping us to continue. John chapter fourteen. John chapter fourteen. Please 102 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:09,200 ensure your your your Bible is still on your opening. John chapter fourteen. Still from verse sixteen. 103 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:17,200 John chapter fourteen. You see I will pray the father and he shall give you what? He shall give you 104 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:25,040 another comforter that he may abide with you for two weeks. Is it for two weeks? No sir. Okay. 105 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:30,320 From verse sixteen. And I will pray the father and he shall give you another comforter that he may 106 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:38,320 abide with you forever. See seventeen now everybody. Even the spirit of what? The spirit of truth. 107 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:47,360 Who the world cannot receive because it feared him how? It feared him not. Neither knoweth him 108 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:55,120 but you what? But you know him. Hallelujah. So the Holy Spirit is not a stranger to the believer. 109 00:12:56,000 --> 00:13:02,960 Praise God. He said but you know him for he dwelleth in the air in your room. Is that what the 110 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:09,120 scripture says? For he dwelleth in your neighborhood. Is that what your Bible says? Where is the spirit 111 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:19,280 of God dwelling? In the believer. Hallelujah. He dwelleth with you and shall be in your room. 112 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:28,480 He shall be in you. So where is the spirit of truth going to walk? He is going to find 113 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:36,240 expression from within you. Where is the spirit of God going to quicken the believer from the heart 114 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:43,920 of the believer? From within the believer. And twenty now. He said at that day ye shall know 115 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:52,960 that I am in my father and ye in me and I in you. Which day? At the day when I will be raised and 116 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:59,680 the promise of the father is going to come to you. He will be in you. So every believer that gets 117 00:13:59,680 --> 00:14:06,960 saved or every man sorry that gets saved the spirit of God does not live in his air or in his room 118 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:14,400 or in his neighborhood or somewhere. The spirit of God dwells the man. Please stay with this 119 00:14:14,400 --> 00:14:23,360 with this context. So you see now. God cannot do anything in the life of a believer without his 120 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:31,280 spirit. Do you hear what I said? God cannot do anything in your life without what? Without his 121 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:43,920 spirit. In fact the spirit of God imputes, puts in us, imparts in us, has given us the perfect image 122 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:50,480 of God. The spirit of God is the spirit of God that's that what that brings us into the perfect 123 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:57,120 image of God. So when you carry when I say I have the image of God what I'm saying is that I am 124 00:14:57,120 --> 00:15:05,840 carrying the spirit of God as it were and every walk that God will do on the earth if he was here 125 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:11,680 physically today I am the one that will do it. So when we say the spirit of God is in dwelling the 126 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:17,840 believer what we are saying is that God is in dwelling the believer. He said on that day 127 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:25,680 and the father in me and where and I in you. 23 everybody please go to 23 everybody and see 128 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:34,320 something now. John 14 23. Jesus answered and said unto him if a man loves me he will keep my words 129 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:44,880 and my father will love him and we will come to him and make our abode where in him. So God dwells 130 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:53,600 in me. Jesus is in me. Hallelujah. How by the spirit of God. So when we say Christ in me we 131 00:15:53,600 --> 00:16:00,640 mean God in me. When we say the Holy Ghost in me we mean Jesus in me. So how did God's word come to 132 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:07,200 us? God's word came to us by the inspiration of the Holy Ghost. Hallelujah. God's word came to us 133 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:14,320 how? By the inspiration of the Holy Ghost. So you see we cannot separate God's word from his spirit 134 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:23,360 because God's word carries the inspiration. So we will say God's word. Amen. We will say God's word 135 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:30,960 God's word right carries the things of God. Hallelujah. So when we say God's word we are 136 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:36,720 talking about what? The things of God. So when we are saying the inspiration of God's word is by the 137 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:43,520 Holy Ghost we are saying that the Holy Ghost has brought the things of God to the believer. So now 138 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:51,920 all that God has done all that God has fulfilled right in the believer is by his spirit. That 139 00:16:51,920 --> 00:17:00,480 resides where? That resides in us. So the complete Christian life, the complete Christian conduct, 140 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:07,120 the complete Christian activity is inspired by the spirit of God. Do you hear what I said? 141 00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:13,440 That's the complete Christian life. You see I'm saying complete because when we read James 142 00:17:14,160 --> 00:17:18,800 when we read James chapter 1 now let's go to James chapter 1 now. Now you now know why I'm 143 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:27,680 using the word complete. In James chapter 1 you see verse 25 he said but whosoever looketh into 144 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:35,120 the what? The law of perfect liberty. If you check the original rendition it's not perfect law of 145 00:17:35,120 --> 00:17:43,360 liberty. It's the law of perfect liberty. Completely. Is it completeness? Is it completeness? 146 00:17:43,360 --> 00:17:49,760 Oh complete please English people help me. It's completed. It's perfected. It's the law that has 147 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:57,280 set the man free and that salvation is not partial. That salvation is not 50 percent. That salvation 148 00:17:57,280 --> 00:18:04,800 is not 99.9. That salvation is complete. The work of salvation in the believer is perfect. 149 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:13,040 So the complete Christian life is an inspired life. It is a spirit work. The believer is already 150 00:18:13,040 --> 00:18:21,760 complete in Christ and that is why oh my listen now that the believer should walk daily in the 151 00:18:21,760 --> 00:18:28,560 Holy Ghost. Amen. Do you know what I said? That the believer should walk what? Daily where? In the 152 00:18:28,560 --> 00:18:36,240 Holy Ghost. Galatians 5 16. Galatians 5 16. Galatians 5 16 now. Galatians chapter 5 verse 16. 153 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:45,040 He said this I say then. Walk in the spirit. Do you think he will be writing to somebody that is 154 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:53,440 unsafe this kind of sentence? If I say David walk in the spirit what am I saying? I'm talking about 155 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:59,600 you know something that I'm saying. Is it not? That for me to say walk in the spirit you must 156 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:05,840 know that there is something about your reality in the spirit. He said and yes shall not fulfill 157 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:14,160 the loss of what? Of the flesh. So the message of the spirit to David will not be strange. 158 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:22,400 Hallelujah. And if I'm saying David should walk in the spirit I know of surety that David has an 159 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:30,320 ability and he knows what I'm talking about. And verse 25 he said if we live in the spirit let us 160 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:37,440 also walk where? In the spirit. You see so the believer's life the complete life of a believer 161 00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:44,560 must be an inspired life by the Holy Ghost. It must be a life powered by the spirit of God. 162 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:53,840 It must be a life that completely is a spirit walk not a walk by guessing. Not a walk by calculation. 163 00:19:53,840 --> 00:20:00,160 Not a walk. Yes you have the mind to calculate. You have the mind to analyze. You have the mind 164 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:08,160 to plan. You have the mind to strategize. Oh my I have this word for somebody now. Your greatest 165 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:13,040 strategy cannot be compared to the strategy of the Holy Ghost in your life. These are words to 166 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:20,000 suffer someone now. Your greatest plan. See stretch forth your mind. Take it to the east. 167 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:26,240 Take it to the north. Bring it to the west. Take it to the south. Oh your greatest plan and your 168 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:33,760 greatest strategy cannot be compared to the plan of God for your life. We just read this. 169 00:20:33,760 --> 00:20:42,160 Hallelujah. Acknowledge him and he will do what? And he shall direct your path. Not God's path but 170 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:49,360 your path. So my life is a spirit walk. Your life must be a spirit walk. Romans chapter 8. 171 00:20:49,360 --> 00:20:55,760 Let's have another evidence again. He said if we live in the spirit then walk in the spirit. 172 00:20:55,760 --> 00:21:01,840 If we live in the spirit then walk in the spirit. Why? Because all the the the promise that God 173 00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:06,800 gave the believer is the promise of the Holy Ghost. He didn't give us the promise of money. 174 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:12,000 He didn't give us the promise of fame. He didn't give us the promise of popularity. He gave us 175 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:20,880 the spirit of God. The very nature of God. The very life of God is what we have as believers. 176 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:28,480 Romans chapter 8 now. We'll read it. 1 to 11. Let's just read it. He said there is therefore now 177 00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:34,800 no condemnation. Please, if it's your Bible I would want you to underline everywhere that shows the 178 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:41,520 Holy Ghost in the believer. The spirit of Christ in you. Oh the spirit in you. Oh God in you. Oh 179 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:47,360 you have the spirit of God in you. Oh the life of God in you. I want you to underline those places 180 00:21:47,360 --> 00:21:55,760 if it's your Bible. There is now therefore no condemnation to them who are in where? In Christ. 181 00:21:56,560 --> 00:22:06,080 Amen. Number one. In Christ Jesus. Who walk not after the flesh but afterwards after the spirit. 182 00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:12,560 Praise God. You see they are in Christ. They don't walk in the flesh. They walk afterwards. 183 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:18,640 The spirit. So they live in the spirit and walk in the spirit. Just like we read in Galatians. Amen. 184 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:24,560 That is what is supposed to be the life of the believer. Two now. For the law of the spirit 185 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:35,440 of life in Christ Jesus has made heart past. Has made me free from the law of what? Sin and death. 186 00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:41,040 For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh. God sending his own son in the 187 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:47,200 likeness of sinful flesh and for sin condensing where? In the flesh. That the righteousness of 188 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:53,120 the law might be fulfilled in us who walk not after the flesh. Can you see? But where? But after 189 00:22:53,760 --> 00:23:01,280 the spirit. Praise God. Five now. For day that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh. 190 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:08,320 For day that are after the spirit the things of where? The things of the spirit. Praise God. 191 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:15,520 Six now. For to be cannerly minded is what? Is death. But to be spiritually minded is what? 192 00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:23,920 Is life and peace. Praise God. That is where God has called us. Where would be? Sir can I be 193 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:31,840 spiritually minded twenty four hours thirty days? Yes ma. You can be spiritually minded all the 194 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:40,480 days of your life. See now. Seven. Because the cannerly mind is enmity against God. For it is not 195 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:48,000 subject to the law of God. Neither indeed can it be. Eight. So then. So then day that are in the 196 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:54,640 flesh cannot what? Cannot please God. So every time I follow after the flesh I cannot please God. 197 00:23:55,520 --> 00:24:01,440 Nine. What you are not in the flesh but you are inside the water. Is that what your Bible says? 198 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:09,360 But you are not in the flesh. Say I am not in the flesh. Say I am not in the flesh. He said but in 199 00:24:09,360 --> 00:24:17,840 the spirit. You see why you can be spiritually minded till eternity? Because you are not in the 200 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:25,920 flesh. You are in the spirit. It so be that the spirit of God. You see that is why if we call 201 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:30,960 you I don't know whether it's Pastor Vito or Pastor Chidi or Pastor Fred. One of the pastors 202 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:37,040 preach. You know you cannot just wake up or say something someday. I'm trying to remember it. 203 00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:42,640 You can we cannot call you and say we are inviting you to go and pray for somebody say ah sir I need 204 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:50,320 to fast. Sir you know I'm not. Sir I need to just take like three hours and charge up. You want to 205 00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:56,560 charge what? Are you a battery? You want to charge what? You don't need to charge up. You are in where? 206 00:24:56,560 --> 00:25:03,280 You are in the spirit. The man that is in the spirit is already charged up. I don't know what 207 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:10,560 you want to charge for two weeks. Let me tell you every time you have an opportunity to pray for the 208 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:16,720 sick to manifest the things of the spirit and you feel you need to do something before the things of 209 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:24,480 the spirit happen. You need to apply some works. Some fastings. Some prayers. Some some some some 210 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:32,160 locks in two hours. You just left the spirit. You want to you want to court the thing with some 211 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:37,360 works so that you can give yourself some sense of feeling that I did something to see something. 212 00:25:37,360 --> 00:25:44,400 Let me tell you any man that is spiritually minded we can wake you up from three plates of 213 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:52,800 banku and you will cast out devils. I'm saying this now. We can say now where are you David? He said 214 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:58,400 sir I am on the road. He said we need you now. You will not tell us I want to branch sir you know. I 215 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:03,840 need to branch for two hours. I will catch up with you. No I am in the spirit. See what he says now 216 00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:11,520 everybody. He said you are in the spirit. If so be that the spirit of God dwell in you. Hallelujah. 217 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:17,520 He dwell in us. Now if any man hath not the spirit of Christ he is what? He is none of his and if 218 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:24,160 Christ be in you the body is dead because of what? Because of sin. But the spirit is live because of 219 00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:30,000 righteousness. We'll stop at eleven now. But if the spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the 220 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:36,560 dead dwell in you he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also become your mortal bodies by his 221 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:41,840 spirit that dwell where? That dwell in you. See if we keep reading this chapter you keep hearing 222 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:49,440 spirit spirit Christ Christ spirit spirit Christ. The believer's life is a spirit walk. 223 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:57,760 Hallelujah. The believer's life is what? Is a spirit walk. Oh everything we have as believers 224 00:26:57,760 --> 00:27:04,160 is the spirit of God living in us. Amen. Everything we have is the spirit of God living in us. 225 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:12,080 So Christ in us. We in Christ. The spirit in us. We in the spirit. You are not in the flesh. 226 00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:19,920 You are in where? You are in is what we call being born again. Hallelujah. Praise God. The indwelling 227 00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:26,480 of the spirit is what we call what? Being what? Being born again. So how will Jesus do his walks 228 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:32,960 in the believer by his spirit in us? So do not slip into performance. You know when we talk about 229 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:39,440 the manifestation of the things of the spirit people think performance. You know I'm about 230 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:46,080 to prophesy. It's not it's not a season of performance. No don't slip into performance. 231 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:53,920 Every time aside the spirit of God and his work in the life of the believer every time 232 00:27:53,920 --> 00:28:02,160 he's he's lost then the man will apply human effort. Once the spirit of God is not in view 233 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:09,280 in your life there will be an application of human effort. I will say this now. Once you don't depend 234 00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:16,560 on the spirit of God when it comes to the things of the spirit you will depend on yourself for the 235 00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:22,880 things you see. You will start performing. You will start applying human effort. Even when there 236 00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:27,840 is effort it has to be spirit inspired. It has to be spirit inspired. 237 00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:41,360 We are building this teaching and we keep moving because we are coming to a place where we are 238 00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:47,040 going to talk about the gifts of the Holy Ghost. All the gifts of the spirit of God. The prophetic 239 00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:53,280 or prophecy. Gifts of prophecy. Interpretation of tongues. The diverse kinds of tongues. Word of 240 00:28:53,280 --> 00:29:07,920 wisdom. Word of knowledge. Why why we take time to pray in tongues before we give a word is not 241 00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:14,560 because it's a code. Neither is it a formula. Neither we are trying to apply something. No no no no no no 242 00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:22,880 no no. We are we all our attention must be on the spirit of God. It has to be purely the spirit of 243 00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:30,560 God. Not our emotions. Not our calculations. Not any mixing of anything anywhere. And you see that 244 00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:38,720 is why Pastor Victor. That is why Pastor Victor can give his wife a word of prophecy by the spirit. 245 00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:44,960 It has nothing to do with familiarity. It has all to do with the spirit work in the life of the 246 00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:50,480 believer. Ephesians chapter two. Ephesians chapter two verse eight to ten. See what the scripture 247 00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:58,400 says now. For by grace I is saved through what? Through faith. And not that and that's not of 248 00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:07,280 yourselves. It is the gift of God. Nine. Not of works. Hallelujah. Not of works. There is nothing 249 00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:15,200 of works. Less any man should work should boast. Every time you sleep into performance when it comes 250 00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:22,560 to the things of the spirit that will be bright. That will be boastfulness. Ten says for we are 251 00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:32,160 is workmanship created way in Christ. Hallelujah. Jesus unto good work. With God had before 252 00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:38,080 day that we should not work. That we should. Sorry. That we should work in them. Hallelujah. 253 00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:45,680 So do not sleep into performance. God's word is inspired by the spirit of God. Hallelujah. 254 00:30:45,680 --> 00:30:52,320 The believer's life is inspired by the spirit of God. The workings of the Holy Ghost in the 255 00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:58,720 life of the believer must be by the spirit of God. The gift of prophecy. The word of wisdom. 256 00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:04,640 The word of knowledge. Everything that you see in the believer's life must be what? Must be by the 257 00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:12,960 spirit of God. It is not of your works. It is the gift of God. Less you should see yourself or less 258 00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:19,680 any man should work should boast. So how will Jesus prophesy through the believer? By his spirit. 259 00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:26,640 How will Jesus heal people? By his spirit. So what should the believer do? The believer must 260 00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:32,560 be spiritually minded always. Hallelujah. Do you hear what I said now? That the believer must be 261 00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:41,040 what? Must be spiritually what? Minded. Why? Because the believer is in the spirit. So we are 262 00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:50,000 God's workmanship. So how is God working? How is God performing? How is God using every man that 263 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:55,040 we see on the earth that we celebrate plus you plus Pastor Vito, Pastor Frederick, Pastor 264 00:31:55,040 --> 00:32:01,760 Chidi, Pastor Emmanuel, Pastor Kingsley, David, Miracle, the Amanda, Judy, Chastia, Takunda, 265 00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:10,800 Malaika, the Christy, Chris Bull by his spirit because his spirit is the only promise that has 266 00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:20,000 been given to the believer. So when we say do the word of God, what we mean is that give expression 267 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:25,680 to the things of the spirit. So when we say practice the word of God, we are saying practice 268 00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:31,520 the things of God, practice the things of the spirit because God's word carries the things of God 269 00:32:32,320 --> 00:32:37,920 and the things of God has been inspired by the spirit of God or God's word has been inspired 270 00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:45,600 by his spirit. The things of God inspired by his spirit. So we are not on this platform to receive 271 00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:53,440 power. Hallelujah. We have already received what? We have already received power. The day the Holy 272 00:32:53,440 --> 00:33:01,600 Ghost indwelled us, power indwelled us. Praise God. Oh, I'm about to say something now that is 273 00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:08,960 profound. The day the spirit of God indwelled you, all the things of God indwelled you. You are not 274 00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:14,720 the one searching for prophecy. You are not the one searching to heal. You are not the one searching 275 00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:20,240 to cast out devils. You are not the one. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. The day the spirit of God 276 00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:28,640 indwelled you, all the things of God indwelled you. The authority of Jesus is in you. The power 277 00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:36,720 of Jesus is in you. Why? Because where Jesus is seated above principalities, above powers, 278 00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:43,280 above rulers, that is where we are also what is seated with him. So I carry in my heart 279 00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:52,320 all the things of God. You know, he told them, yes, I receive power. Hallelujah. But we now know 280 00:33:52,320 --> 00:33:58,000 through the epistles that we have power. Praise God. We have power. Say I have power. So don't be 281 00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:04,800 caught. Please, I beg you. Don't be caught praying for power. Power, power, power, power, power. 282 00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:11,200 You know, you say, say, say, fast for me. Oh, my Jesus. You know, I need to say this now, but I 283 00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:16,960 want to say some churches in where I'm coming from, from Nigeria, you will see that, you know, 284 00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:23,440 I encountered the power of God. Have you ever had that kind of statement? I encountered the power of 285 00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:29,680 God after a 16-hour closed-door prayers. Have you had that kind of statement from people? He said, 286 00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:35,760 why you don't have power is because you have not taken time to lock yourself for 16 hours. 287 00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:42,320 Don't, you don't need to lock yourself. The power of God is locked in in your spirit, man. 288 00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:50,960 Hallelujah. The new bad came with the power. Praise God. The new bad came with all of God's 289 00:34:51,680 --> 00:34:57,680 for their off field where in the believer. Praise God. Hallelujah. And I will say this now, 290 00:34:57,680 --> 00:35:02,720 and then we close. Because when we come, I need to keep saying it. I want to keep saying it 291 00:35:02,720 --> 00:35:10,640 until we come to the end of these things that I'm teaching. The things that will stop you 292 00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:16,080 from practicing the things of the spirit, you have written it already, but when we come, 293 00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:20,640 I'll come to it. The things that will stop you from practicing the things of the spirit. 294 00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:25,920 Pastor, Imam talked about one from Thessalonians about quench not the spirit. 295 00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:32,720 When you despise, when you despise, when you treat with content the things of the spirit, 296 00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:37,760 you will never see yourself. You will never see the manifestation of the things of the spirit. 297 00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:44,400 When you treat them with content, when you despise them, when you stifle them, 298 00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:49,600 when you treat them with no account, when you treat them as valueless things. 299 00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:55,520 That is number one. Number two, the company that you keep, please, I beg you, 300 00:35:55,920 --> 00:36:02,880 stay among people that love the things of the spirit. Stay among people that talk about 301 00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:10,240 the supernatural things of the Holy Ghost. Stay among people that desire to see more of the things 302 00:36:10,240 --> 00:36:17,120 of the spirit. If not, if you stay in a company of people that are not following the Holy Spirit, 303 00:36:17,120 --> 00:36:23,120 if you stay in a company of people that are not on fire for it, you will never see them happen. 304 00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:30,160 Wrong doctoring. The things you listen to, the things you see, stay with the doctoring, 305 00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:35,520 stay with the teachings, stay with the training you are receiving from this platform, 306 00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:43,840 from this local church, NECF. Stay with it. And lastly, prayerlessness. Prayerlessness. 307 00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:54,320 Prayerlessness. The man that does not stay, ah, if you want to see more of the things of the Holy 308 00:36:54,320 --> 00:37:02,640 Ghost at work in your life, give yourself to a life of prayer. And please, I will give this as a 309 00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:10,160 prescription. Pray more in tongues. Pray more in what? In tongues. Hallelujah. Pray more in tongues. 310 00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:15,920 Pray more in tongues. The next time we have another opportunity as we continue, we will pray 311 00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:22,480 more in tongues and we will see more of the manifestation of the gifts and the things of 312 00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:28,240 the Holy Ghost. Amen. Praise God. We're thankful you joined us today. 313 00:37:29,440 --> 00:37:33,760 Don't forget to subscribe so you're always connected to our latest sermons. 314 00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:40,160 You can also explore more about NECF on our website or follow us online. 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